Voters in more than 30 US localities back limits on data center construction
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Residents in more than 30 localities across nine US states voted on Tuesday to pause, ban or restrict data center construction, with some measures aimed directly at projects already under way. In Edgewater, Florida, a data center ban went into the city charter; Perry, Ohio, imposed financial and operating limits on hyperscale operators seeking tax breaks. Banks and asset managers financing construction now treat local opposition as a credit risk. Operators are hiring community liaisons, and tech companies are trying to rebrand data centers as "compute campuses."
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Voters in more than 30 places across nine US states backed pauses, bans or limits on data center construction on Tuesday, with some measures aimed at projects already under way. Edgewater, Florida wrote a data center ban into its city charter, and Perry, Ohio imposed financial and operational limits on hyperscalers seeking tax breaks. Banks and asset managers that finance construction now treat local opposition as a credit risk.
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